Gibsaw wrote:Don't landfills charge by the cubic metre? That would raise the probability of compacting. (at least to my judgement.)

I would have thought compactors are standard landfill equipment, but back in the early 80's I used to see tonnes of punch cards by the boxload at the local dump, and im pretty sure they didnt even have a compactor at that dump, just a bull dozer.

The other thing that might give hope to finding something not completely wrecked - is the reports say the trucks ran at night.If you're dumping that much stuff in to a landfill, at night, and quickly - there might not have been time to compact everything and bury it afterwards.